Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 2004

United Kingdom
2004
Total fertility rate: 1.75
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.75 children per woman in 2004 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 721,166 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.75
Births
721,166
Births per 1,000 people
12.0
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
60,169,967
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.20.0%315
15-1927.37.8%51,056
20-2470.320.1%135,389
25-2995.527.3%181,303
30-3497.928.0%215,569
35-3948.613.9%114,456
40-449.82.8%22,039
45-490.50.1%1,038
50-540.00.0%0